Check-row planter



(No Model.)

J. GARDEN, Jr.

CHECK ROW. PLANTER.

No. 313,806. Patented Mar. 10, 1885.

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CHECK-ROW PLANTER.

.JBECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 313,806, dated March10, 1885.

Application filed April 1, 1884.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN GARDEN, Jr., a citizen of the United States,residing at Afton, in the county of Union and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Check-Row Planters; andIdo hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in check-row planters, and hasfor its object to provide reversible pulleys for the purpose of takingin and paying out the knotted wire as it crosses the planter. Thisobject is attained by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is arear elevation. plan.

The letter B indicates the SCQCl'bOXBS.

E is the cross-bar of the check-rower, the ends of which project beyondthe planterframe. This baris attached to the seed-boxes, and has twosegmental gear-levers, a a, pivoted to its center, and also at equaldistances, on each side thereof are pivoted forked levers I J, theforked portion being at the upper ends thereof, and of such form topermit the smooth portion of the wire G to pass freely therein; but theknots thereon engage in the forks and cause said levers to turn or rockupon their pivots J I. The upper ends of forked levers I J and ofsegmental levers a a are connected to each other, respectively, by therods 1) and I). The lower end of the segmental lever a is Fig. 2 is aprovided with several openings, or may be (No model.)

dropping slide 0, as may be required, the lower end of the said rod Nbeing pivoted thereto.

The letter 0 indicates four-armed bars, one of which is pivoted to eachend of the crossbar E. Each of these four-armed bars is provided withsix pulleysone at each end of each arm, indicated by the letter P, andtwo others, Q, near middle thereof. Slides S connect the ends of thebars 0 for the purpose of sliding the wire from one side of the pulleyto the other. A stop on the under side of the bar 0 limits itsreversible movement.

G is the wire, and H the knots thereon.

Having described my invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patentand claim is- In a check-row attachment for corn-planters, the cross-barE. having the four-armed bars 0, pivoted thereto, provided with pulleysPQ, in combination with vertical pivotedsegmental levers a a, the levera being extended and provided with a series of vertical perfo rationsfor the adjustable connection of the feed operating devices, rods 1),forked levers I J, rod N, and slide 0, substantially as de scribed, andfor the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN GARDEN, JR. Witnesses:

THO. M. RomNsoN, I. F. SYP.

